attention and funding: “I wouldn’t think that the Director and Operations Manager could get down to do that just to get attention. I seriously doubt that. Currently, MSM issues are topical, so there is no need to attract media attention as the Global Fund has already identified them as a key population. Also, outside the raids, the existing levels of homophobia in this country are enough to draw attention worldwide, thus there is no need to stoop so low and sacrifice the membership.” There are also some views that among the membership are some people who just do not want the gay community to get together, so they tip their friends or relatives. Others also believe that that in the community there are people who date members of the state security thus they divulge information unintentionally. There have also been incidences were people assume that members were being very open when attending an event. There are some members who are so flamboyant or walk in groups such that they easily attract the public’s attention. However, some members of the community expressed that GALZ has not done enough to dispel the rumours and exonerate themselves from the allegations levelled against them. The members’ concerns were that a simple text message or Facebook post do not do much to convince the members that they were not behind the raids. Also sometimes, communication is not immediately circulated following a raid, 46 An Assessment of the impact of state sanctioned and unsanctioned raids on GALZ premises and gatherings